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Originally Posted by NH_Bulldog
We are traveling on our last big trip of the season before our daughter goes back to school. At a fuel stop, I checked the wheel temps on the trailer and found one was hot. There was no place at the gas station to get into it so we drove about 15 miles to a roadside park along our route. I got under to jack up the wheel to check the bearings and found this little issue. We limped it another 30 miles to our next destination (here for 5 days). Found a local shop who could do a field service later today and get me home, but it looks like some major work coming up soon. I did find a little play in the bearing on that wheel (serviced at the start of the season), so once the welder is done, I am going to pull the drum and check the brakes and might just as well replace the bearings on that wheel (I keep a full set of pre-packed bearings in my tool box).
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Bummer with the broken spring hanger bracket.l carry two new ones with me in case I cracked one.. haven’t yet in nine years on this Alpine but got the spare parts..
I would also look into adding the beef up brackets on all the spring hangers since you are gonna have a welder do some welding
The brackets can easily be made and welded right on..
Show us some pics of that’s hub and wheel bearing when you pop the hub off ..
I’d be curious to know what brand of bearings and what grease you are using
.. I use only Red & Tacky and still running the Dexter OEM bearings
I didn’t see any grease on the bolt at the spring hanger so assume you have the famous “Never Fail” non wet bolt and bushing